on the brain
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California has billionaires on the brain.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite this, most research on the brain’s reward system has treated pleasure as something that is either present or absent, rather than something that exists along a spectrum.
From Science Daily
"Shining light on the brain is used to measure activity -- usually through a process called fluorescence -- or to drive activity in cells to test what role they play. But shooting lasers at the brain has down sides when it comes to experiments, often requiring fancy hardware and a lower rate of success. We figured we could use bioluminescence instead."
From Science Daily
I’m trying to scroll less on my phone, so maybe I’ll watch “The Great British Bake Off” or something that’s not too taxing on the brain.
From Los Angeles Times
"Our implant is a single integrated circuit chip that is so thin that it can slide into the space between the brain and the skull, resting on the brain like a piece of wet tissue paper."
From Science Daily
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